JIEM 2011. 18th Conference on Computer and Electronic Music

Program

Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 of July

Workshop Live electronic music with acoustic instrumentsProfessor: Juan Andrés Beato Length: 10 hours Times: from 12 noon to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 400 Various concert configurations for mixed electronic music with an orchestra of loudspeakers, amplification, live processing, computer interaction and multichannel dissemination are the topics addressed in this workshop. A selection of works are presented at the concert on Wednesday, July 6th.

Monday 4 of July

Conversation and workshop: From the Collection to the radio, a sound itinerary through the MuseumProfessor: José Iges Length: 4 and ½ hours. Times: from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 200 The proposal made by the artist José Iges for this workshop is an analysis of radio as artistic discourse and format, examining some historical works and the potential that this medium offers. Its transformations on Internet will also be examined, from radio-web to podcast to radioartnet. The students must propose, for discussion in groups, ideas for radiophonic projects about aural and sound aspects of the Museum Collection, with a duration of between 2 and 5 minutes.

Conversation – round table: Radio-web, between production space and exhibition spaceParticipants: Miguel Álvarez-Fernández, José Luis Espejo, Eduardo Polonio and Anna Ramos. Moderated by: José Iges. Times: from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 200 Access: free of charge, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. The program Ars Sonora is turning 25 years old and MACBA's radiophonic program is now five, while Museo Reina Sofía has just inaugurated RRS, its new radio-web with four channels. This round table analyses the institutional initiatives that allow radio and its formats to find their place on the web in a new space devoted to both discursive and artistic production. The limitations, potential and transformations of this medium are analysed.

Concert. Laboratory of spaceTime: 7:30 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 400 Access: free of charge, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Program to be selected from the multitrack works presented at the Laboratory of Space (see below).

Wednesday 6 of July

Workshop. Introduction to Supercollider: applications for algorithmic composition and net composingProfessor: Sergio Luque Length: 5 hours Time: from 12 noon to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Study Centre Supercollider is a programming language for algorithmic composition and real-time audio synthesizing. Stochastic procedures will be used to compose and to synthesize sounds. The workshop ends with the connection of laptop computers to a local network for sound interaction. Requirements: It is recommended, but not required, that participants bring their computer.

Concert. Students of live electronic music with acoustic instruments workshopTime: 7:30 p.m. Place: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 400. Admission free of charge, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Program yet to be determined.